Milk Allergy Symptoms or regular newborn stuff?? HELP!!

I am new here... My LO has been diagnosed (by me basically) with reflux, and got put on Zantac about 2 weeks ago, he's 5 weeks now, and it seems to be helping his silent reflux, however, he's got this baby acne that he's had since about the 2nd week, and now looks like it's spreading to his torso and neck area. Could this be a sign of a milk allergy/intolerance? It seems to get worse when he's hot, when he's just sleeping, you can barely see any red bumps.

He is a little gassy sometimes, he is fussy sometimes, he has hiccups, sneezes a couple of times every few days, spits up some, has had one explosive diaper yesterday after not pooping for about 36hrs, and it wasn't what I would call slimey, but it was loose and dark gold color. (He's given 100% breast milk, I EP) Everytime he gets fussy, as long as he's not hungry, all I do is pick him up and he's better.

How can I differentiate between all the above symptoms being regular newborn stuff and an allergy/intolerance? Is there a surefire symptom that all milk allergy babies get?? I'm at a loss ladies!

It doesn't sound like milk allergy to me. If u exclusively pump and your baby drinks only breast milk and is not getting any cows milk (formula ) at all, then it def wouldn't make sense to b milk allergy. We noticed our sons milk allergy when we switched from BM to formula

My dd had acne that also started to spread down to her neck and chest. When i was at the drs it looked fine but when she was upset or hot it would turn red so i finally took pics on my phone to show them. She would scratch at her face a rub her face in my chest all the time. The dr said she has eczema. She also started having hard stools that I took to the dr. It tested positive for blood and said it was due to her gut not digesting the milk. she put me on a dairy free diet and my dd on alimentum. (I bf & ff). I had no idea how many things contained dairy in them. She also takes 2 meds for reflux which was diagnosed along with the milk allergy. After going to a gi peds, he has me off of soy as well and said we will start to add it back after she is 6 mo old.
Hope this helps...

I exclusively fed her BM and could tell she was allergic to dairy. She was a happy vomitter, I used to have one cappuccino a day and my allergist says if u have one litre of dairy per week it passes thru BM.
I found out for sure she was allergic to dairy the second time she had formula. She projectile vomitted immediately. I worked backwards from there and it all made sense (spitting, red on her bits etc)

I exclusivly breastfeed my 3mo. old daughter... for her first 2mo. of life she screamed all the time if she wasnt eating or sleeping she was screaming and then the baby acne showed up and got worse and worse till finaly i got very concerned and decided to try cutting out dairy and she got much better the rash was gone within a matter of days and the screaming stopped withing 24-48hrs. unfortinutly i stupidly started eating dairy again a few weeks later and now shes suffering again and i cut it out again and now its taking longer to get out of her system.

Hello ladies.... now my little munchkin is 6 months old, and while he does regulary spit up, not projectile, but certainly a some after every bottle, the rash is gone. I took him to the doctor and she was not concerned. Said it looked just like a rash... yea doc, DUH! Anyway, after 2 days of not being able to make it go away with creams or eczema washes, I stripped him down to his diaper for 24 hrs and the rash was gone. It was a HEAT rash!!

Your first test should be to eliminate dairy from your diet because it is passing from your breastmilk to the baby. If you notice a huge change, then that will be a clue. Be sure to note dairy/milk as an ingredient in foods you wouldn't normally expect.